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"Fight! Unleash your Spirits!"
Among the Shrek Outer Academy new students, someone roared, and students from all directions immediately activated their Spirits. The two groups of people surged together into a chaotic battle.
"There's no other way, let's fight."
The East Sea F4 were swept up by the crowd. Even if they didn't want to join the melee, they had to release their Spirits to protect themselves. The four formed a small team, advancing and retreating together.
Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi all had a spirit ring configuration of two yellow and one purple. Tang Wulin had two spirit rings, both purple, and his Blue Silver Grass was adorned with dragon-shaped golden patterns. When he occasionally swung it, it was as powerful as an iron whip.
"Oh my god, why are the second-year students attacking like crazy? Don't their Spirit Abilities consume spirit power?"
Unlike the new students' restraint, the second-year students generally had higher spirit power Ranks and showed no fear of consuming spirit power when releasing Spirit Abilities. Their colorful attacks descended like a rainbow, striking the new students.
Seven or eight dense Spirit Abilities targeted the East Sea F4's position. Xie Xie's expression turned pale; this wasn't a melee, it was a rout!
Especially unfriendly to agility-attack system Spirit Masters!
"This is fundamentally an unfair fight. The second-year students only need to attack, while we have too much to consider."
Tang Wulin bound the three with Blue Silver Grass and dodged at high speed using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. Xie, Wang, and Zhang released Spirit Abilities to resist, but they were still stretched thin.
In the shadows, Wu Changkong's expression was complex, his gaze constantly following Tang Wulin and his three companions.
Rationally, he opposed such an assessment, but he had to admit it was a very effective testing method.
Cai Yue'er's lips curled upwards, her joy and self-satisfaction undisguised on her face. She consistently believed that only the most brutal challenges could forge the strongest Geniuses.
"For three years, I haven't been idle; I've researched many things. Don't those people from the Body Sect become so powerful by ruthlessly squeezing their potential? Shrek's students are like flowers in a greenhouse, unable to withstand hardship. I will personally forge you into the sharpest blades."
Cai Yue'er's heart surged. After much introspection at the Spirit Pagoda, she realized Shrek's problem lay in not being strict enough with its students, and she devised a method of 'using the enemy's strengths to defeat them.'
She wasn't strict enough as a dean before, but now she would personally correct that mistake!
"Bang bang—"
The five-minute melee quickly ended. A full third of the Shrek Outer Academy new students lay on the ground, unable to get up. No matter how unwilling they were, their bodies had reached their limit, and they could only face the fate of being eliminated.
"Finally—it's finally over."
Xie Xie plopped down on the ground. Tang Wulin half-covered his chest, and Wang and Zhang were panting heavily.
Deep within Tang Wulin's mind, Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense was awakened by the noisy commotion. After a brief perception, he seemed to understand something.
"A large-scale melee? Twenty thousand years have passed, and Shrek Academy's entrance exam has changed from fighting teachers to fighting Senior Brothers?"
He still remembered when they teamed up to fight Teacher Zhao Wuji. Xiao Wu was accidentally injured, and he used his Clear Sky Hammer. Thinking back, it was truly nostalgic.
"Swish,"
Moonlight descended, and Cai Yue'er reappeared. With a wave of her hand, she sent down streams of silver light, sweeping away the defeated. Her hazy eyes suddenly shot out sharp light, revealing a fanaticism.
"The final assessment: Defend Shrek's dignity! I believe you have all heard about the Academy's recent bloody tragedy before enrolling. The despicable Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy forcibly plundered and trampled on our Shrek's dignity with military might!"
"The dark organization Nine Stars Association, led by the villain Feng Zaixing, massacred your Shrek Inner Academy Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, stealing the name of heroes. They are thieves, robbers, and Shrek's sworn enemies—"
Cai Yue'er's speech was full of passion, with rising and falling inflections. The second-year students looked solemn, their faces showing resentment. The remaining Shrek Outer Academy new students quickly felt honored and a sense of shame.
Many of their Families were loyal to Shrek. It was common for successive Family heads to Cultivate at Shrek. A Shrek degree was their greatest personal and Family honor, and its fall from grace had long ignited endless anger within them!
Only Tang Wulin and his three companions in the arena were dumbfounded, feeling that Cai Yue'er's words were too extreme. Back then, you were the ones who started the trouble in Tianhai City!
It seemed that back then, it was you, old woman, who made the first move when the Shrek Inner Academy was defeated!
As for two years ago, weren't you the ones who brought out the coffins first? Although in the end, not a single one was used.
"Wu Lin, I can't listen to this old woman anymore. What should we do?" Xie Xie's expression was extremely conflicted, wishing he could wash his face to clear his head, hoping it was all just a dream.
We just came to the Academy to study. You're making us inexplicably shoulder a heap of hatred and go to war with the Nine Stars Association?
Not to mention that this is no different from courting death, even if it isn't, we can't go!
Tang Wulin clenched his teeth and said, "Let's listen a bit longer. If it's really impossible, then let's leave. Senior Brother saved all of us at the train station."
Teacher Wu personally said that he was no match for the Evil Soul Master who appeared later, and could at most delay him for a moment or two. Senior Brother desperately took him down, which was a favor to all of them.
"Okay!" Xie Xie nodded. His childhood dream was to Cultivate at the number one Academy in the world, regardless of whether it was always Shrek or not.
The attitude of Ye Xinglan and her group back then was nauseating, and this old woman was even more outrageous.
If he stayed, wouldn't he become an idiot, foolishly going to fight the Nine Stars Association? With his idol's combat power, it would only take one round to kill through all the students present! He didn't want to end up like those Evil Soul Masters!
Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi exchanged glances, both seeing the reluctance in each other's eyes, but said nothing.
"I'm sure you're even clearer about recent events. The villain Feng Zaixing sought fame and slaughtered Evil Soul Masters at the Soul Guidance Train Station, but this is not enough to make him a hero!"
Cai Yue'er's voice grew louder and louder, her face gradually showing a pained and righteous expression. She pointed her finger in the direction of Mingdu and sternly shouted:
"This was a premeditated plan by the Federation long ago. They already knew the whereabouts of the Evil Soul Masters but didn't warn the Soul Guidance Train Station in advance, instead letting Feng Zaixing put on a show and become this widely admired hero, thereby suppressing Shrek's prestige!"
"Their actions may deceive others, but they cannot deceive the eyes of our Shrek!
From this day forward, Shrek will re-establish the Supervisory Group. Shrek Inner Academy and Shrek Outer Academy students, from the moment they enroll, will be members of the Supervisory Group. They are to search for traces of Evil Soul Masters across the entire continent, never allowing those who seek fame to deceive the world again!"
"Our Academy is glorious, and you must prove that you have the ability and determination to bear this glory—."
As Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense listened to Cai Yue'er's words, he quickly showed approval, frowning as he muttered, "I didn't expect that after ten thousand years, those people from the Sun Moon Federation still haven't given up, and have actually propped up another person to suppress Shrek."
Ten thousand years ago, when Star Luo was about to be destroyed, he personally descended, kidnapped the son of that Ju Zi, and forced her to retreat.
He had thought that from then on, the rule of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire would never be shaken, and his faith would never be shaken. Who would have thought that these people were so useless and were still destroyed by the Sun Moon Empire.
The Sun Moon Federation now harbors ill intentions, wanting to target Shrek again. They truly don't know their place and have forgotten whose will stands behind Shrek.
Hmph, it's a pity he's too weak now and has to fall into slumber from time to time. Otherwise, given the chance, he would want to see what that person is made of...
"Wait a minute."
Two young voices rang out from the crowd, interrupting Cai Yue'er's words, exceptionally clear.
"Who!" Cai Yue'er glared at the source of the sound, discovering they were two Shrek Outer Academy new students who hadn't even enrolled yet.
"You two, what do you have to say?" A trace of Super Douluo-level pressure descended, and all the new students immediately trembled.
"I think—what you said is wrong."
Tang Wulin gritted his teeth, his voice clear as he spoke.
"Wrong? Are you questioning Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory?!" Cai Yue'er immediately put a label on him.
Xie Xie's face turned pale, and he said seriously, "No, we don't mean to question Shrek's glory. We just want to be factual; because at the station, a few of us and Teacher Wu were there. We witnessed the entire process, and Feng Zaixing, he—..."
"Boom!"
Cai Yue'er's Spirit pressure suddenly increased several times. Xie Xie could no longer speak, and the Shrek Outer Academy new students also fell to the ground like stalks of wheat under pressure.
"Since you don't trust Shrek's glory, then from this moment on, you and your Family's elders and descendants will never again be qualified to step foot into Shrek!"
Cai Yue'er had always been an autocratic personality in the Academy. How could she tolerate two juniors challenging her authority?
Expulsion Dafa (great method of expulsion), activated!
"Get out! You two, immediately get out of Shrek Academy, get out of Shrek City! Shrek doesn't need students like you!"
A stream of light from the crescent moon swept down, sending Tang Wulin and Xie Xie stumbling back a hundred steps, falling to the ground.
The two circulated Mysterious Heaven Skill, holding hands as they got up from the ground. They didn't shout anything like "Don't bully a young man for being poor," but only looked at Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi.
"Jinxi, Yangzi, are you coming with us?"
Wang and Zhang remained on the ground, saying nothing, just shaking their heads a few times.
"Alright, Wu Lin, let's go."
Xie Xie's usually optimistic face drooped, urging the disheartened Tang Wulin to leave.
Tang Wulin said nothing, circulating Mysterious Heaven Skill, and left while enduring Cai Yue'er's Spirit pressure.
In his mind, Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense was stunned for a moment before he reacted:
I, the core figure of the Shrek Seven Monsters, the biological son of Sea God Tang San, was kicked out of Shrek by a Shrek teacher during the entrance exam, and all my Family members are forbidden from entering Shrek?
This is an outrage! It's an act against heaven!
"No, no, no, Wu Lin absolutely cannot leave Shrek. Otherwise, if he doesn't get the Vast Sea Cosmic Shard, won't this wisp of my Divine Sense never find peace? I must make him stay—"
Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Yet, newly awakened, he was extremely weak, unable even to possess Tang Wulin.
Just then, Cai Yue'er descended again.
"You two Cultivate Mysterious Heaven Skill? Are you Tang Sect Disciples?"
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie suddenly looked up, and a glimmer of hope arose in Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense.
"Yes."
"Very good."
Cai Yue'er nodded, her cold smile growing increasingly intense. "Tang Sect Disciples, yet you speak up for those beasts. Today, this old woman will clean house on behalf of Zang Xin and the others!"
"From today onwards, you are no longer Tang Sect Disciples. You have been expelled from the Sect, and all your unique skills must be reclaimed!"
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie's bodies trembled, and Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense's face stiffened.
Immediately after, a surge of anger rushed to Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense's face.
"This old woman isn't done, is she? Even my son is to be expelled from the Tang Sect. Who gave you the authority to do this? You're practically courting death!"